New Haven Independent

Politics | January 7, 2010

Figueroa Launches "Grassroots" Governor Bid

by Paul Bass | January 7, 2010 11:31 AM | Permalink

A tenth candidate for governor entered the field Thursday. His pitch: He's a newer face. And he can build a bottom-up coalition for change.

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Politics | January 6, 2010

Jepsen's Running For AG

by Melissa Bailey | January 6, 2010 3:13 PM | Permalink

It took only one minute. Dick Blumenthal announced Wednesday that he'll run for U.S. Senate this year and not run for reelection for attorney general. No sooner did he leave the microphone, than a new candidate for attorney general emerged.

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Politics | January 6, 2010

Blumenthal's In

by Christine Stuart, Melissa Bailey, and Paul Bass | January 6, 2010 2:42 PM | Permalink

Hartford -- Connecticut's longtime senator-in-waiting dispatched with a decade-old Hamlet routine Wednesday and leaped right into the race to succeed Chris Dodd.

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Politics | January 6, 2010

Dodd Makes It Official

by Christine Stuart, Melissa Bailey, and Paul Bass | January 6, 2010 12:18 PM | Permalink

East Haddam -- (Updated) "This is my moment to step aside," Chris Dodd proclaimed Wednesday as he ended a 30-year career in the U.S. Senate -- and shook up the race to succeed him.

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Politics | January 6, 2010

Alpert: Don't Forget Me

by Paul Bass | January 6, 2010 11:31 AM | Permalink

He'll need a new brand of soap. But Merrick Alpert continued running hard for the U.S. Senate Wednesday even though his chief target, Chris Dodd, dropped out.

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Politics | January 6, 2010

Today's Big Winner?

by Paul Bass | January 6, 2010 10:47 AM | Permalink

(Updated) In one seasoned political observer's analysis, a big winner in Wednesday's Connecticut political earthquake is that none other than ... Joe Lieberman.

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Politics | January 4, 2010

"Big" Campaign Buzzwords: Tolls & Unicameral

by Paul Bass | January 4, 2010 11:07 AM | Permalink

Rudy Marconi has a billion-dollar new idea. Not all of his fellow aspirants for governor do.

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Politics | January 1, 2010

Mayor To Firefighters, & City: Let's Trust Anew

by Paul Bass | January 1, 2010 2:49 PM | Permalink

Mayor John DeStefano launched his record-breaking ninth term Friday with a call for communal trust -- and gave a shout-out to firefighters who took him to the Supreme Court to win their promotions.

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Politics | December 30, 2009

Baby-Boomer Revue Hits The Shubert

by Paul Bass | December 30, 2009 11:33 AM | Permalink

A generation of political understudies stormed New Haven's historic tryout theater in search of the roles of a lifetime.

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Politics | December 30, 2009

Yes, He's Running On The Health Reform Bill

by Paul Bass | December 30, 2009 7:22 AM | Permalink

Chris Dodd unveiled a health care campaign pitch -- and made clear it'll be a centerpiece of his career-saving quest to hold onto his U.S. Senate seat.

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Politics | December 23, 2009

Greer Resigns, Slams Party

by Paul Bass | December 23, 2009 7:02 AM | Permalink

"Lockdown." "Machinations and retaliations." "Tainted" "democracy." "Sowing discontent." Those were some of Eli Greer's parting depictions of the city's Democratic Party leadership as he resigned as a ward co-chairman in the Edgewood neighborhood.

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Politics | December 22, 2009

Complaint Probes Mayor's Ties To PAC

by Melissa Bailey | December 22, 2009 7:25 AM | Permalink

A group formed to promote the mayor's "clean" elections law wants the state to investigate fishy funding for the mayor's own campaign.

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Politics | December 18, 2009

Two Old "Pals" Meet At City Hall

by Paul Bass | December 18, 2009 11:03 AM | Permalink

As a feud played out in public, longtime allies Mayor John DeStefano and the Rev. Boise Kimber met behind closed doors.

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Politics | December 16, 2009

Rosa: Recall Joe

by Paul Bass | December 16, 2009 10:46 AM | Permalink

An old New Haven political friendship broke into a cold war as U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro called for the "recall" of U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman over his role in torpedoing key liberal provisions of a health-care reform bill.

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Politics | December 15, 2009

DeLauro: Stupak Won't Make It

by Thomas MacMillan | December 15, 2009 11:53 AM | Permalink

A last-minute amendment to prevent abortion funding found its way into the House version of the health care reform bill under consideration in Washington. Rosa DeLauro plans to make sure it's not there when the bill becomes law.

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Politics | December 15, 2009

Why'd He Do It?

by Paul Bass | December 15, 2009 11:43 AM | Permalink

That's the pop psychology question of the hour as Congress tries to pass health reform. It concerns Connecticut's maverick U.S. senator, Joe Lieberman.

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Politics | December 15, 2009

Candidates Back DeStefano's Tax Call

by Thomas MacMillan | December 15, 2009 7:21 AM | Permalink

As legislators prepared to gather to confront the state's budget crisis, a leading gubernatorial candidate backed an alternative pushed by New Haven's mayor: letting cities levy their own sales and hotel room taxes.

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Politics | December 14, 2009

Yes, He Wants This Job

by Paul Bass | December 14, 2009 11:02 AM | Permalink

Kevin Lembo's counting on Connecticut's next governor to avoid the slammer -- and enable him to turn the state's number-two position into a real job.

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Politics | December 11, 2009

$5 A Head, Pizza Included

by Paul Bass | December 11, 2009 12:06 PM | Permalink

Ned Lamont set the door price low -- and the expectations higher -- as he brought his nascent gubernatorial quest to New Haven's BAR.

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Politics | December 8, 2009

James-Evans Calls Bid "Historic"

by Melissa Bailey | December 8, 2009 7:43 AM | Permalink

As two Fair Haven aldermen apparently defected from the pro-City Hall camp, a challenger to the Board of Aldermen's president is casting her candidacy in symbolic terms.

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